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The WorldWideWeb (Tim Berner Lee’s first web browser) was both a browser and editor. Also, most browser precursors that preceded it did not differentiate betwee

by Daub 4y ago

The WorldWideWeb (Tim Berner Lee’s first web browser) was both a browser and editor. Also, most browser precursors that preceded it did not differentiate between consumer and author. The WorldWideWeb entry in Wikipedia tells us that the first browsers which did not feature editing were known as ‘passive browsers’. Passive indeed. This is the internet we nearly had.

lolive 4y ago
For me, Obsidian has been the first experience of building up my own read/write Web. After 25 years of passive Web, it has been a very refreshing experience.
- Daub 4y ago
  This is news to me. Spent the last ten minutes checking it out. Fascinating.
  - lolive 4y ago
    Be careful that the ecosystem of plugins for that piece of software is a world in itself. #addiction
lioeters 4y ago
The original documenation for TBL's WorldWideWeb browser and editor: > The "WorldWideWeb" application for the NeXT is a prototype Hypertext browser/editor. It allows direct access to Hypertext servers, files and news. http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/NeXT/WorldWideWeb.html http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/NeXT/WorldWideWeb.html > The team created so called "passive browsers" which do not have the ability to edit because it was hard to port this feature from the NeXT system to other operating systems. Porting to the X Window System was not possible as nobody on the team had experience with the X Window System. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb Edit: Ooh, I found a screenshot of the HyperMedia Browser/Editor version 0.13. http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/worldwideweb/NeXT/tims_editor.gif http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browse...